Sunday, October 4, 2015

Review: Walt Disney Archives Collection - Elephant

When I viewed the Walt Disney Archives Collection at the D23 Expo held in Anaheim, CA. in August, I immediately knew I wanted this sculpture for my collection.What I like most about this sculpt, it shows what you can accomplish in resin that you lose in porcelain. Notice the detail of the backbone (photo at left) and the overall texture of the skin. I was glad to see in person, how nicely the Elephant maquette worked with previous Dance of the Hours characters done in the Walt Disney Classics Collection (see photo below). I hope future releases work as well and can be blended in existing WDCC setups as the Elephant and Pinocchio maquettes have.

Elephant

Size: 7.5" W x 12" H

Edition Size: 1,940

Price: $ 99.00

Additional Angles

Elephant Maquette with the Walt Disney Classics Collection releases of Hyacinth Hippo and Ben Ali Gator from The Dance of the Hours sequence.

14 comments:

This is my absolute favorite! And I'm not even a huge Fantasia fan. The realistic yet whimsical nature of this piece just grabs you. I agree that the look of this just couldn't have been replicated in porcelain.

This too is my absolute favorite of the new line. Initially was not a Fantasia fan, so didn't have this film represented in my collection. Through friends who are huge fans, I gained a new appreciation for the film (around the time the Fairies begun to be released) and eventually went back and picked up all the earlier pieces.

Agree, something about this piece does grab you. I like the sense of movement in the piece and the detail that is apparent by being done in resin. Very pleased how it worked in so well with Ben and Hyacinth.

Hi there! My partner surprised me with this piece last week and it is stunning! So excited to have this be the first piece I got from this collection. He's hooked on them now too! The details are amazing!

Any word on sales of this collection and when the next release would be? So looking forward to see where they take this collection next.

Anddddd we lost control and bought them all! Ray at the Gallery of the Lakes was saying the line is shooting for two releases a year. Kind of bummed about that! Was hoping for a Classics-esque release schedule even if it was two pieces.

I recall when talking with Enesco during D23, it sounded like 2 announcements currently planned per year. I wonder if all announcements, releases will like this first go-round, so many come out at one point, the balance at a later date?

As mentioned, I only did the Elephant and Pinocchio but trying to figure a way to work Elsa and Anna into my current collection.

Hey there. I'm currently working on a dream of myself and got some questions. And you're like the perfect person to work with on it. It's about the WDCC. Would be awesome if you got the time to shoot me a message to contact@germantoyland.comThanksSteffen